The following procedures should be applied to your business environment to help protect yourself and your belongings:
- Carefully control who is issued keys, building badges, and security codes. Contact building management when keys and building badges are misplaced or lost.
- Do not allow persons unknown to you to follow you into the building during secure hours.
- Never leave your reception area unattended, and do not allow visitors or delivery persons to pass beyond the reception area unless they are known.
- Be alert to your surroundings and persons unknown to you or who seem out of place. Do not hesitate to report a suspicious person to building management.
- Secure valuable items such as purses and wallets out of sight and where they cannot be easily accessed and removed.
- Secure your office at the close of business.
Given the right opportunity, it takes only seconds for a criminal to steal from or bring harm to another person. Protect yourself and your property, effective security depends on the cooperation and concern of everyone.